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Cogent isn't the best performing bandwidth, that is why you won't see any of the most successful programs in adult hosting their network on it. Their network has changed over the last couple of years and so have their finances. I believe now that they are probably here to stay.
Their peering relationships aren't great and that is why most of the time when you trace to a site on their network there will be quite a bit of latency. With regard to reliability, I believe that has probably improved over time.
Let's put everything into perspective, though. Most hosts of any good size are paying near Cogent prices for tier 1 bandwidth. Now that the playing field has been leveled, as reflected in price decreases by most all hosting companies in the last few years, in my opinion there is no reason to choose to host on Cogent.
The disparity you see in pricing between managed dedicated hosting on Cogent versus other networks is that often times the rest of us have a bigger network investment, more staffing, etc. Despite the fact that bandwidth is one of the largest costs at a hosting company, facilities, staffing, network hardware, software and so much more all contribute to the total cost of doing business. There is much more to judging a hosting provider then simply the network(s) they are on, buyer beware.
Cheers,
Brad
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